Mantua

See also mantua

English

Etymology

From Latin Mantua.

Proper noun

Mantua

1. Province of Lombardy, Italy.
2. City and capital of Mantua.

   —He and I / Will watch thy waking, and that very night / Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua. — Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare

Translations

province

• French: Mantoue (fr)
• Italian: Mantova (it)
• Polish: Mantua (pl) f

• Portuguese: Mântua (pt)
• Russian: Мантуя (ru) (Mántuja) f

city

• Catalan: Màntua (ca)
• Czech: Mantova (cs)
• French: Mantoue (fr)
• Greek: Μάντουα [ˈmantuˌa] or [ˈma(n)duˌa] f, Μάντοβα [ˈmanto̞ˌva] or [ˈma(n)do̞ˌva] f
• Hebrew: מנטובה (he) f
• Italian: Mantova (it) f
• Latin: Mantua (la)

• Lombard: Mantua
• Occitan: Màntoa (oc)
• Polish: Mantua (pl) f
• Portuguese: Mântua (pt)
• Russian: Мантуя (ru) (Mántuja) f
• Sicilian: Màntuva (scn)
• Spanish: Mantua (es)

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Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan *Manθva (compare 𐌄𐌕𐌀𐌅𐌈𐌍𐌀𐌌 'Manθvate 'Mantuan' after Mantus, god of the underworld).

Proper noun

Mantua

1. Mantua (city)

Descendants

• English: Mantua
• French: Mantoue
• Italian: Mantova